Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21172, Alden Gage, New York

SERVICE
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New York
Gage, Alden Hannah
W. 21172
CONTENTS
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26.839  New York  Helen Gage
of Herkimer Co. in the State of New York who was a Serjt. Vols. in the Comp. commanded by Captain Storrs of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dubois in the New York line for 14 Months Service
12 " Private $ 70 40 $110
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 110 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Oct. 1832 and dated H. C. Norton Fairfield
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 33 $275 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mch. 34 55 $330
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by C. C. Stiles Clerk. Book E Vol. 1, Page 38
Dead - at to Albany agency, May 16. 1835.

Albany 5418
Letter to Wm C. Brown, Jan. 4/48.
Hannah Gage
widow of Alden Gage
NY
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832
and who died on the 25. April 1835
of Herkimer Co. in the State of N. York
who was a P. & Sergeant in the company commanded
by Captain Storms of the regt. commanded
by Col. Dailois in the N. York
  time for 10 months P.  33.33    " " 14 " Sergeant  70.00     $103.33  
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 103 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20. day of May 1840 and sent to A. C. H. Smiths, Fairfield, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1840 413.32
Semi-annual allowance ending 1 Sept. " 51.66
$464.98
{ Act July 7, } 1838 }
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk.
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 79

Letter written after application of Helen Gage for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
Declaration of proofs
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State of New York County of Putnam Co: Rebeca Barnum of the Town of South East in said County aged seventy seven years and upwards being duly sworn doth depose and say that she is well acquainted with Huldah Gage who is a brother of this deponent; and this deponent further saith that she resided during the Revolutionary War in said Town of South East and that said Huldah Gage also resided at that time with his father in the neighborhood of this deponent in said Town; and this deponent further saith that she knows that said Huldah Gage served in the War of the Revolution as follows viz: In the fall and this deponent believes, in the month of September or October of the Year 1775 he enlisted at South East aforesaid into the State service in a Company the Captain of which this deponent does not remember but the Lieut. was Ezekiel Barnum as this deponent believes for about two months and he went to Constitutional Island in Hudson's River opposite West Point and was gone two months according to the recollection of this deponent. In the Year 1776 in the Spring he enlisted at South East aforesaid or went as a volunteer which this deponent does not remember in the Company commanded by Capt. Higgins in the State service for six months and was stationed to guard a Continental Store at Fredericksburgh now Patterson in said County and that he served at that station as this deponent was informed and believes about six months. In the fall and this deponent believes in the month of December in 1776 he enlisted at South East aforesaid into Capt. Scribner's Company of Rangers as they were called for three months and he went as this deponent understood believes and ranged the adjacent Country in pursuit of Tories who were said to be lying in wait at some distance from the settlements - And he was gone according to the recollection of this deponent about three months. In the Summer and this deponent believes in the month of July 1777 he enlisted at South East aforesaid into Capt. Soudington's Company for three months and went to White Plains and stationed there about three months as this deponent recollects - Some British armed vessels sailed up the Hudson at the time and drove the State troops as far as Fish Kill and directly after the capture of Gen: Burgoyne's Army the vessels disappeared and the troops returned to White Plains as this deponent recollects and the said Huldah Gage was near of the person of the deponent at the time.

gone at this time about three times - In the Winter and this deponent believes in the month of December 1777 he enlisted at South East aforesaid for four months into Capt. Sears Company and was engaged at this deponent understood and believes in carrying forage - to the Continental Village in the Highlands on the Hudson and he was gone at this deponent believes about four months - In the fall of 1778 he enlisted at South East aforesaid into Capt. Dighton's Company in Col. Luddington's Regiment three months and went down near the City of New York and was gone about three months according to the recollection of this deponent - In the Spring and this deponent believes in the month of May 1779 he was called into the State Service with the Militia in Mape and went to Fishkill and the Highlands and was gone about one month as this deponent believes - In the Summer and this deponent thinks in July 1780 he enlisted at Frederick- town Patterson as this deponent at the time understood and went to West Point and up the Mohawk river as this deponent understood and believes and he was gone about four months according to the recollection of this deponent -
Rebecca the Barnum Mark
Subscribed and sworn to this truth - day of
June - 1833 before me,
Elijah Barnum Commissioner of Deeds State of New York
County of Putnam Co: I Elijah Barnum Commissioner of Deeds in & for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Rebecca Barnum and that she sus- -tains a high character for truth and veracity and that her statement is entitled to full credit & belief and further certify that on the truth day of June - 1833 the said Rebecca Barnum subscribed and swore to the foregoing affidavit in due form of law before me Elijah Barnum Commissioner of Deeds -

State of New York
County of Putnam Clerk's office p. 1 Jonathan Moxham Clerk of the County of Putnam do hereby certify that Elijah Barnum before whom the within or foregoing affidavit was taken was at the time of taking said affidavit a Commissioner of Deeds in & for said County, and duly Com- -missioned and sworn and duly authorized to administer oaths and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Elijah Barnum and believe that the signature "Elijah Barnum" to said affidavit is the genu- ine and his proper hand writing - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Clerk of said County this tenth day of June 1823
J. Moxham - Clerk

State of New York
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Herkimer County, ss: Isaac Green of the Town of Columbus in the County of Chenango in said State aged Sixty Eight years and upwards being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was during the War of the Revolution acquainted with Alden Gage now a resident of the Town of Fairfield in said County of Herkimer and this deponent further saith that in the Year One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty the said Alden Gage enlisted with this deponent at Patterson in the County of Putman in said State as a Soldier into the Service in the Militia of this State in a Company Commanded by Captain Gilbert Livingston in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Dubois for the term of four Months and this deponent further saith that the said Alden Gage served in said Regiment in the Militia of this State in the same Company with this deponent for the term of four months and that the said Alden Gage performed a part of said Service at West Point and the greater part thereof along the Mohawk River in said State —
Subscribed and sworn to this 13 th day of July 1832 before me
Isaac Green
Hiram Norton Justice of the Peace
of Herkimer County
I certify that I am not acquainted with Isaac Green but he is well spoken of by his acquaintances as a man of truth and appears to be a man of respectability and veracity —
H. Norton Justice Peace

Clerk's Office
County of Harkness Co. I Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the County of Harkness do hereby certify, that the affidavit of Adrian Nelson upon whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken was, at the date thereof a just and true Plan of said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and that the signature of his name thereto is his hand writing —
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office of Clerk aforesaid this twentieth  Twenty eighth day of June October 1833
Julius C. Nelson Clerk
N.B. The above date altered from the twentieth October 1832. to June Twenty Eighth 1833 by me
Julius C. Nelson Clerk
State Green Officers

State of New York County of Putnam ss. Rebecca Barnum of the Town of South East in said county aged Seventy six years and upwards being duly sworn doth depose and say that she is well acquainted with Alden Gage a brother of this deponent; and this deponent further saith that she resided during the Revolutionary war in said Town of South East and that said Alden Gage also resided at that time with his father in the neighborhood of this deponent in said Town; and this deponent further saith that she knows that said Alden Gage served in the war of the Revolution as follows viz: In the fall and this deponent believes in the month of September or October of the Year 1775 he enlisted at South East aforesaid into the State service, in a Company, the Captain of which this deponent does not remember, but the Lieut. was Eliakim Barnum, as this dep- -onent believes for about two months and he went to Constitutional Island in Hudson river opposite West Point and was gone two months according to the recollec- -tion of this deponent - In the Year 1776 in the spring he enlisted at South East aforesaid or went as a volunteer which this deponent does not remember in the Company Commanded by Capt. Higgins in the State service for six months and was stationed to guard a Continental store at Fredericksburgh now Patterson in said county and that he served at that station as this deponent was informed and believes about six months - In the fall and this deponent believes in the month of December in 1776 he enlisted at South East aforesaid into Capt. Scribners Company of Rangers, as they were called, for three months and he went as this deponent understood and believes and ranged the adjacent Country in pursuit of Tories who were said to be lying in wait at some distance from the settlements -

7 And he was gone according to the recollection of this deponent about three months - In the summer and this deponent believes in the month of July 1777 he enlisted at South East aforesaid into Capt. Suddington's Company for three months and went to White Plains and stationed there about three months as this deponent recollects - Some British armed vessels sailed up the Hudson at the time and drove the State troops up as far as Fishkill and directly after the capture of Gen: Burgoyne's Army the vessels disappeared and the troops returned to White Plains as this deponent recollects and the said Alden Sage was gone at this time about three months - In the winter and this deponent believes in the month of December 1777 he enlisted at South East aforesaid for four months into Capt. Sears Company and was engaged as this deponent understood and believes in carrying forage to the Continental village in the Highlands on the Hudson and he was gone as this deponent believes about four months - In the fall of 1778 he enlisted at South East aforesaid into Capt. Dighton's Company in Col. Suddington's Regiment three months and went down near the City of New York and was gone about three months according to the recollection of this deponent - In the spring and this deponent believes in the month of May 1779 he was called into the State service with the militia en masse and went to Fishkill and the Highlands and was gone about

New York and was gone about three months according to the recollection of this deponent - In the Spring and this deponent believes in the month of May 1779 he was called into the States service with the militia en masse and went to Fishkill and the Highlands and was gone about one month as this deponent believes - In the Summer and this deponent thinks in July 1780 he enlisted at Fredericksburgh now Patterson as this deponent at the time understood and went to West Point and up the Mohawk river as this deponent understood and believes and he was gone about four months according to the recollection of this deponent.
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Taken and Subscribed before me Rebecca for Barnum his mark third day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two and I do further
Certify that I am personally acquainted with Rebecca Barnum and know her to be a person who stands high for truth and veracity.
Elijah Barnum {Commissioner of
State of New York } Putnam County Clerks office ss.
Deeds
I Jonathan Morehouse Clerk of the County of Putnam do hereby certify that Elijah Barnum before whom the within affa- davit was taken was at the time of taking said affidavit a Commissioner of Deeds in & for said County and duly commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to administer oaths. and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Commissioner and be- lieve that the signature of "Elijah Barnum" to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my and affixed the seal of the said

and many of said Commissioners and be- lieve that the signature of "Elijah" is to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my and affixed the seal of the said
9 State of New York
County of Herkimer: On this Eighth day of October in the Year 1832 personally appeared before the subscriber a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Herkimer the same being a Court of record having by Law a seal and Clerk Alden Gage a resident of the Town of Fairfield in the said County aged seventy three years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832; That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated.
In the Year 1775 he the said Alden Gage resided in the Town of South East, in the then County of Dutchess now County of Putnam in the State of New York and in the forepart of October as he believes, but he does not remember the day in the Year 1775 he enlisted as a volunteer at South East aforesaid for two months into Capt Thomas Storms Company in a Regiment commanded by a Colonel whose name is not recollected in the State service and said Colonel with his Regiment was stationed at Fort Montgomery at this time and he the said Alden Gage was marched under the Command of Capt Storms to Constitutional Island in Hudson river nearly opposite West point and was stationed on said Island and employed at work in building Fort Constitution upon said Island and he served at said Station in building said Fort two months under the Command of Capt Storms and was then discharged sometime in the forepart of December 1775 but received no Certificate of discharge The names of the officers under whom he served said two months were as follows Viz: Capt Thomas Storms Lieut: Elias Kim Barnum

On the first day of April 1776 he enlisted as a volunteer at South East aforesaid into Capt: Benjamin Higgins Company and said Company was not as he believes attached to any Regiment but was raised to guard The Continental Stores so called in the state serving for six months and he was marched to said Continental Stores and stationed to guard said stores at Fredericksburgh now Patterson in the County of Putnam and he served under the Command of said Capt: Higgins at said stores for the term of six months and was then discharged from said service about the first day of October 1776 but he received no Certificate of discharge - The following are the names of the officers under whom he served Capt: Benjamin Higgins but he does not remember the name of the Lieutenant -
In the fourth of December 1776 he enlisted as a volunteer at South East aforesaid into Capt: - Scribner's Company of Rangers as they were called but not attached to any Regiment for three months in the state service and he was employed in ranging Fish Kill mountains in pursuit of the Enemy for a part of the time and then he was marched under the Command of Capt: Scribner to White Plains and stationed at White Plains on guard and continued to serve at said station until he was discharged in the fourth of March 1779 and that he served under the Command of said Capt: Scribner in ranging the Country aforesaid and serving at White Plains as aforesaid for three months but he took no Certificate of discharge -

...two years at a time for three months but he took no certificate of discharge -
11 And the names of the officers under whom he served are as follows viz: capt Scribner but he remembers no other officers -
In the last part of July in the year 1777 he enlisted as a volunteer in the Capacity of second sergeant at South East aforesaid into capt: Suddington's Company in col: Suddington's Regiment in the State Service for three months and was marched to White Plains and stationed at White Plains aforesaid on guard under the Command of capt: Suddington three months Except that on the appearance of a British fleet in the Hudson river the Regiment retreated up to Fishkill and stationed there until the capture of Gen: Burgoyne's Army & the said fleet then withdrawing down the river the said Alan Gage was marched with col: Suddington's Regiment back to White Plains and he the said Alan Gage served as aforesaid under the Command of capt: Suddington three months & was then discharged sometime in the last part of October 1777 but received no certificate of discharge: The names of the officers under whom he served as aforesaid are as follows viz: capt: Suddington; col: Suddington - And he served said said three months as second sergeant -
In the first part of December 1777 he enlisted as a volunteer and second sergeant at South East aforesaid into capt: Stephen Sears Company which was not attached to any Regiment as he recollects and was marched under the Command of capt Sears to continental village in the Highlands

12 on the Hudson - and was stationed at said continental village under the Command of Capt: Sears and was engaged in carrying forage to said Village and in the said Allen Gap enlisted as aforesaid for four months and he served four months under Capt: Sears as aforesaid in the State Service and was then discharged from said service in the first part of April 1778 but received no Certificate of discharge - The officers under whom he served are as follows viz: Capt Stephen Sears but he don't remember that there were any officers other than Capt: Sears -
In the first part of September 1778 he enlisted as a volunteer and second sergeant at South East and joined into Capt: Dighton's Company in Col: Suddington's Regiment in the State Service for three months and was marched under the Command of Capt Dighton to Valentines Hill near Fort Independence on the North River and was stationed at Valentines Hill and made an attack on Fort Independence then occupied by the Enemy but failed and then retreated somewhat after to White Plains under the Command of Capt Dighton and continued at White Plains until in the said Allen Gap was discharged in the first part of December 1778 and that he took no Certificate of discharge - The names of the officers under whom he served are as follows, Capt: Dighton Col: Suddington; but does not remember the name of the Lieutenant or the other officers - And in the said Allen Gap enlisted as aforesaid in 1778 and served under Capt Dighton as above stated three months -

enlisted as a fousard in 1778 and served under Capt Brighton as above stated three months -
13 On or about the first of May 1779 he was drafted about East aforesaid into Capt. Higgins Company in Col. Field's Regiment in Chautauqua service with the Militia who were called out in May and was marched to Fishkill and the Highlands and served one month in the State service under the Command of Capt. Higgins and he was discharged in the first of June 1779 but received no Certificate of discharge in writing - The officers under whom he served were Capt. Higgins Col. Field's Lieut. Ebenezer Dage -
On or about the middle of July in 1780 he Theodore Alden Dage enlisted as a volunteer and second sergeant at Frederick'sburgh now Patterson in Putnam County into Capt. Livingston's Company in Col. Dubois Regiment in the State service for four months and was marched to the North River and thence up the river with Capt. Livingston's Company to West Point from thence to Albany from thence to Schenectady from thence to Canajoharie on the Mohawk River from thence to Palatine and there a battle was fought on the north side of the Mohawk River between the American forces under the Command of Col. Dubois & Col. Van Rensselaer and the enemy who were commanded by Col. Brandt & Col. Brattle and in the said Alden Dage was engaged in said Battle with his Company under the Command of Capt. Livingston & the enemy being dispersed he the said Alden Dage marched with Capt. Livingston's Company and Col. Dubois & Col. Van Rensselaer's forces in pursuit of the enemy who crossed retreated up the South side of the Mohawk River and then to the west of said River some distance in the forests and then he returned back with Capt. Livingston's Company as far as Grafton and having there returned he was dis- charged by Capt. Livingston he returned at Fishkill where he was discharged by Capt. Livingston

14 he was discharged sometime in the four part of November 1780 and that he served with the Company under the Command of Capt. Livingston as above stated four months but he took no certificate of discharge in writing - The officers under whom he served said four months were Capt. Gilbert Livingston, Col. Dubois, Maj. Van Scatten - The Lieut. remembered -
He does not remember that any regular officers were with the Troops where he served at any time except in 1788 there were some regular officers with the Troops where he served but he does not remember any of their names -
And he the said Alden Gage further states that he was born at South East in the County of Putnam in the State of New York on the 14th day of January 1759 -
He has a record of his age in his bible at home
He was living when called into the service in the Town of South East in the County of Putnam then the County of Dutchess except that when he enlisted at Fredericksburgh into Capt. Livingston Company in 1780 he was living there at that time and he lived before and during the war of the Revolution at South East aforesaid except as aforesaid and since the Revolutionary war he lived at Pittstown in Rensselaer County a number of years and from there he removed to Fairfield in the County of Herkima in the State of New York and has resided where he now resides in Fairfield aforesaid about thirty nine years last past -
He the said Alden Gage has no documentary evidence of his services in the Revolution -
And he further states that he knows of no person living whom he can produce to prove his Revolutionary services except the affidavit

any whom he can produce to prove his Revolutionary services except the affidavit
15 of Rebecca Barnum his sister & also the affidavit of Isaac Greene hereunto annexed -
And he states that the following are the names of persons to whom he is known in his present neigh- -borhood viz Samuel Evans and Hiram Colton who can testify to his reputation for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State -
Sworn to and subscribed
this 18 th day of October
1832 before me
Sherman Wooster Judge of Gen. Com. Pleas.
We Samuel Evans residing in the Town of Fairfield in the County of Herkimer and State of New York and Hiram Colton residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Alden Gage who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn to and subscribed
this 18 th day of October
1832 before me
Sherman Wooster Judge of Gen. Com. Pleas.
County of Herkimer ss: On this Eighteenth day of October 1832 personally appeared before me Sherman Wooster a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Herkimer Alden Gage of the Town of Fairfield

in the County of Herkimer and made oath to the foregoing declaration and I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states - And I the said Judge do hereby further certify that I am acquainted with Samuel Evans who has signed the preceding certificate and who is a resident of the Town of Fairfield in the said County of Herkimer and also with Hiram O'Clon who has signed the same and who is a resident of the said Town of Fairfield in said County and that they are credible persons and that their statements is entitled to full credit and belief - And I do further certify that the said applicant cannot attend court by reason of bodily infirmity -
Sherman Wooster
Clerk's office
County of Herkimer S: I Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Herkimer do hereby certify that the Hon. Sherman Wooster before whom the foregoing proceedings in the matter of the application of Alden Gage for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 purport to have been had was at the date thereof a Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas of said County of Herkimer duly commissioned and qualified according to Law and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and that his signature of "Sherman Wooster" to said proceedings is in his proper handwriting & signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office of Clerk of said Court this Twenty Eighth November  July day of October in the Year 1833.
Julius C. Nelson Clerk
The above date altered from October Twenty eighth 1832 to June Twenty Eight 1833 by me
Julius C. Nelson Clerk
Application of Alden Gage for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
Declaration
Proofs
100-55

State of New York / Personally appeared, County of Herkimer. On this fifth day of November 1838 Before the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the said County of Herkimer, which is a Court of Record, Hannah Gage a Resident of the Town of Fairfield in said County, aged Seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting Half pay Pensions to certain Widows;" That she is the Widow of Allen Gage, late of the said Town of Fairfield deceased, who was a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution & for his services as such Sergeant in the Revolutionary war was made a Pensioner under the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 & entitled "An act for a Pension of one Hundred Five dollars per year under said act until his decease." She further declares that she was married to the said Allen Gage in the Month of June in the year one Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty one & as she believes on the fourth day of June in that year. That the Marriage took place at the Town of Niskille N.Y. & was solemnized by a Anglican of the name of Clapp, who died about four years after & that no Pious was ever made, within her knowledge, of the law of her said Marriage. That her said Husband, the aforesaid Allen Gage, died on the twenty fifth day of April in the year one Thousand Eight Hundred & thirty five, & that she was not married to the said Allen Gage prior to his leaving the Service, but the said Marriage took place previous to the first day of January, Seventeen Hundred & ninety four, viz, at the time above stated. She further declares that she is not able to attend personally in Court to make this Declaration by reason of ill Health & that she is now, & has been for more than two years last past, been confined to her House by General Debility & the infirmity of age, which entirely disable her from going abroad.
Sworn to & subscribed on this day & year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty five Hannah Gage Richard H. Mendenhall Judge of Herkimer County Courts

Richard Herendeen a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Herkimer & State of New York do Certify that the within named Hannah Gage is unable by reason of General Debility & the infirmity of age, to attend the said Court, - Dated this 5 th day of November 1838 - Richard Herendeen Judge of Herkimer County Courts
State of New York. County of Herkimer, I, John Deyut, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Herkimer, which is a Court of Record do Certify, that Richard Herendeen, Before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Hannah Gage was made & by whom the above Certificate was signed is & was at the date of the said Affidavit & Certificate, a Judge of the said Court, And that I am well acquainted with the Hand writing of the said Judge & Believe the Signature of the said Judge subscribed to the foregoing Affidavit & Certificate to be Genuine. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, & affixed the Seal of the said Court, on the fourteenth day of December 1838.
Deyut Clerk

16075
Alden Gage Herkimer co. N.Y.
Admitted
Sergeant 14 mo
Private 12 "
In Vol 3 p 38 — 3 months Pay
220 55 275
$103.30
Fairfield Hack Cy at York
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 17 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Alden Gage & Orms County NY
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Oct 1775 - Nov 1 2 " Pri Capt Horns Col Constitu- tional Island South East Dutchess County NY   Apr 1776 enl " 6 " Pri 1st Bannum Capt Higgins Franklin burg   Dec 1776 enl " 3 " Pri Deribner Fishkill Mt A certificate of living witnesses   July 1777 enlisted " 3 " 2nd Sgt Luddington Luddington White Plains   Dec 1777 enl " 4 " 2nd Sgt Leavitt Continental Village   Sept 1778 " 3 " do DeGroot Luddington attack on Red Bank   May 1779 discharged " 1 " Pri Higgins Field Fishkill Mt Franklin   July 1780 enlisted " 4 " 2nd Sgt Lington Subois Palatine age 73 years  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
14 mns Supt 12 " Private
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [e] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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State of New York Putnam County } ss.
I Fanny M Hayt of the Town of Patterson County of Putnam & State of New York Affirm and say That I am a distant relative of the Rev. David Close who as I am informed was formerly a Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of this Town and according to the inscription of a Tombstone in the burying ground of this Town and other information I believe That he Died here. And that in September 1838 I was at the house of Mrs. Canstock of New Canaan in the State of Connecticut Widow of the brother of Mrs. Close where I was informed said Mrs. Close Widow of the Rev. Close Deceased removed to after the decease of her husband and where she Died. Deponent further saith that at the residence of said Mrs. Canstock she on search found certain papers purporting to be certain records of said Mr. Close among others a record of Marriages commencing in the year 1773 and continuing by the dates untill 1779 later than which no record of Marriages could be found and those found were without a cover and to appearances none may have been attached and this said record of Marriages is now in my possession Subscribed and affirmed Fanny M. Hayt to December 4. 1839 before me B. B. Benedict. Commissioner of Deeds
State of New York Tutman - County of

State of New York Putnam County ss
I Fanny M. Hayt of the Town of Patterson County of Putnam and State of New York Affirm and say that I have again examined the above and attached Affirma- -tion of Mine dated Decr 4 th 1839 and do in addi- -tion thereto Affirm and say that I have carefully examined the Record of Marriages of the Rev David Close mentioned in my former Affirmation and now in my possession and that there is no Entry contained therein relative to the Marriage of Alden Gage and Hannah Benjamin.
And furthermore say and affirm that I have been informed and believe that the Widow of the said Rev David Close was for several years previous to her death of insane mind. and that she died in the state of Connecticut
Subscribed and affirmed to February 5. 1840 before me B. B. Benedict Commissioner of Peace
Fanny M. Hayt

3 State of New York } ss I Samuel Hayt of Patterson Putnam County } county of Putnam & state of New York aged seventy four years and now an acting Elder in the Presbyterian Church of this Town Being duly affirmed before the undersigned commissioner of Deeds of said county Saith he came to this place to reside about the year 1784 believes he was a relative by marriage of the Rev. David Close formerly a Minis- ter of the Presbyterian Church in this place was infor- med and verily believes said Close continued a pastor of said Church until his Death and Died leaving no children his Death by an inscription on a Tombstone in the Church yard appears to have been in the year 1783 -
Samuel Hayt
Subscribed and affirmed to
December 4. 1839 before me
B. B. Benedict Commissioner of Deeds

State of New York } ss I Episcop P Benedict of Putnam County } Patterson county of Putnam & State of New York do affirm that I am now the Pastor of the Presbyterian church in this Town and that I have the records of the church in my possession and that upon examination of the said records I find that they commenced in the year 1794 and that a Rev David Close is referred to in said records as having been a pastor of said church previous to said date of 1794
Subscribed and affirmed to Episcop P. Benedict December 5. 1839 before me B. B. Benedict Commissioner of Deeds
State of New York Putnam County } ss
I William H Stout Clerk of Said County do hereby certify that Benjamin B Benedict before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken was at the time of taking such Affidavit a Commissioner of Deeds in & for Said County residing in Said County Commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Commissioner and truly believe his above written is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said County this fifth day of December 1839 - W H Stout Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Alden Hagen a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 21. 1739
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Oct. 1775 2 mos. Thomas Storm N.Y.   Apr. 1776 6 mos. Benjamin Heissner   Dec. 1776 3 mos. Schibner   July 1777 3 mos. 2 Sgt. Cuddington Cuddington   Dec. 1777 4 mos. 2 Sgt. Stephen Sears   Sept. 1778 3 mos. 2 Sgt. Righton Cuddington   May 1779 1 mo. 2 Sgt. Heissner Field   July 1780 4 mos. 2 Sgt. Ellert Livingston Dubois  
Battles engaged in, Fort Ticonderoga
Residence of soldier at enlistment, South East, Dutchess Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Oct 19 1832
Residence at date of application, Trinity Church, New York City
Age at date of application, born at South East, P. Co. N.Y. Jan 14 1759
Remarks: He married June 10 1781 at Sishkille Dutchess Co. N.Y. His wife was Benjamin, he died Apr 25 1835 and she was allowed pension on account of his service. She died May 13 1840 leaving children names not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Hannah Gage died 13 May 1840 - and her certificate for 103 33 was issued 20 May 1840 without a knowledge of her death - It is now alleged that the money was ne- ver paid -
Please state when - how much - & to whom paid -
Hannah Gage - Albany 103. 33 act 7 July 38
M. D. Dagnor
E. G. D. Gump
1840. Sept. 24. $44.98 per Credit to L. L. Smith Attorney of the petitioner
1841. May 20. $51.00 per Credit to same Attorney.
It appears from the evidence that Mrs. Gage was alive on the 22 nd April 1841

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
March 23, 1915.
Arthur E. Gage, Woburn District Court, Woburn, Massachusetts.
Sir:-
In response to your letter dated the sixteenth instant, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the record of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services, and a careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file for Asa Gage who was born September 28, 1745.
In order to identify a claim that may have been filed on account of the Revolutionary War services of Alden Gage, you are requested to furnish as much as possible of the following data: names of some officers under whom he served, places of residence at enlistment and after service, approximate dates of his birth and death, and the given name of his widow.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Rev Sec 1
State Hospital Aldersburg, N.Y. Feb. 6, 1923
Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Pensions ✓ 2d stamp Washington, D.C. 4
Dear Sir, -
If you have a record of the military history of Alden Gage, a soldier of the Revolutionary War will kindly send me a copy.
Alden Gage was born Jan. 16, 1759 at Yarmouth, Mass. In June 1781 he

married Hannah Benjamin who was born in 1762.
He settled in the town of Fairfield, Herkimer Co., N.Y. Whether he applied for a pension from this place or from Yarmouth, Mass. I do not know but believe it was about 1781.
Yours truly, Mrs. H. G. Worthing

FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF EASTERN MIDDLESEX
HOLDEN AT WOBURN
EDWARD F. JOHNSON, JUSTICE ARTHUR E. GAGE, CLERK
GEORGE S. LITTLEFIELD, { SPECIAL JUSTICES JOHN G. MAGUIRE
WOBURN, MASS., March 25, 195.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Rev. War Section. Washington.
Gentlemen:
In re Revolutionary services of Alden Gage.
Alden Gage was born about 1760. He served in the Duchess County Militia under Col. John Field and was a private and sergeant in the Levies under Col. William Malcolm. He was placed on the United States Pension Roll October 9, 1833, with an annual allowance of $110.
Yours very truly,
Arthur E. Gage vs.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
1915. Apr. 5: History to Mrs. Arthur E. Gaye. mmrs
1923. Apr. 2: Hist. to Mrs. H. J. Worthington awt
File No. 21172
Hannah Sage Widow of Alden Sage Sergt Rev War
Act: July 7th 88
Index: Vol. 24 Page 265
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Amey
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
William Brown for Hannah Vaga
March 22/48

Lydenburg March 1848
Sir:
Your letter of the 4 th of January last in relation to the case of Hannah Gage was duly received.
The facts stated in your letter together with those mentioned in my previous communication present this case very clearly. A pension certificate was issued to Hannah Gage May 20, 1840 for $103. 38 per ann. She died May 13 th 1840. F. C. H. Smith forged a power of Attorney & the other necessary papers & thereby obtained the amount of the pension.
Now I understand that it can be proved beyond a shadow of doubt that the power of Attorney, oath of eligibility &c, by means of which Smith obtained the money, were forgeries. But as it will cost something to obtain the proof, & as I am not able to advise the heirs whether or not they would obtain their money if they incurred the expense & furnished the proof - I beg leave to inquire the practice of your department in this particular.
1 st Would the children of Hannah Gage have been entitled to the amount of their Mother's pension if the payment had not been made to Smith?

2 o Does the Government hold itself protected & absolved from payment of a proper claim, by having made payment to a person not entitled to it, but who produced an authentic which is a forgery? I am of course aware that an individual is not protected by payment made under a forged instrument, as in the present case, but must pay again to the proper person - in other words, the person who gives credit to a forged instrument must suffer the loss. But I do not know whether or not it is the practice of the Government to hold to the same rule.
Smith was the first judge of Herkimer County, was pleaded an indictment for forgery of another instrument, & arrested while holding his court & escaped from the officer & fled to Wales & there to parts unknown.
Very Respectfully,
Your Afft Servt
M c C. Brown
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

Hon: W. L. Marcy Secretary of War Washington D. C.

Ogdensburg New York December 8 th 1847.
Hon. N. T. Marcy Sir:
Alden Gage of Fairfield, Herkimer County in this state, a Sergeant in the Revolution was a pensioner of the United States at $110 per annum, & died April 25 th 1835, leaving a widow Hannah Gage who was married to him previous to 1790. The widow made application for a pension through Reuben Smith Esq of Herkimer Co. who was single ascended from the state. She was informed by him that her papers were all right & that she would receive her pension, but she never did receive any part of it - except her husband's back pay to the time of his death.
The widow died May 13. 1840, & in behalf of her heirs I wish to ascertain whether or not a pension was allowed to her, & whether the same or any part was paid - & if not paid whether her heirs on making a proper application can obtain it.
Will you have the proper officer of your Department send me the information desired I am much obliged Yours Affec ly Friend Wm. C. Brown

V N. York Hannah Gage Lib to A. C. H. Smith 21. May '39
Act July 1838

OF
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Auditors - Washington City
Mar. 13. 1840 7
W. H. ... Esq. ...

Winfield, Pike County, N.H. March 6, 1840
Sir,
I enclose herewith affidavits relating to the application of Hannah Gage, Widow of Allen Gage for a Pension under the act of July 1838 -
The affidavits relate to the marriage of the Applicant, & have been procured in consequence of the letter from you dated 21 st of May last stating that "Mrs Gages papers have been examined & the proof of her marriage was not satisfactory" &c -
I am, Sir, Respectfully your obedt Servt
A.C.H. Smith
J. L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions -

3370 Nov. 28. Nov. 7 July 1838. Hamach Gage.
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J. L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pension, Washington City

J. L. Edward Esq., Commssr of Pensions Washington, —
Sir, I herewith enclose to you the papers of Hannah Gage, of this place who is an applicant for a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838, Very Respectfully Your obedt Servt R. C. H. Smith
Fairfield, Herkimer County N.Y. November 21. 1838.

3370
Hannah Gage
Marr'd 10 June 1789 Husband d'd 25 April 1835
Col Dubois } N.Y. Capt Storm }
Admitted Sergeant 14 mo Private 10 "
2
$103.30
A. C. H. Smith Esq Fairfield New York

State of New York Madison County } ss
Darius Benjamin of the town of Troyton in the county of Cortland being duly sworn deposes and says that he was well acquainted with Alden Gage in his lifetime and also with the widow Hannah Gage who was married to the said Alden Gage her late husband as this deponent believes in the year of our Lord 1781 or thereabouts that it was in the time of the Revolutionary war and before the close thereof that he this deponent saw the said  the said Hannah Gage married to the said Alden Gage by the name of a Clergyman by the name of Clapp of Frederick-burgh and that it was after the said Gage had left the service of the United States as this deponent believes -
Sworn & subscribed this 21 st day of September 1838 before me
Jadock J. Bentley Justice of Peace
Benjamin
State of New York Madison County } ss
Mrs. Mary Gage of the Town of DeWitt in said County being duly sworn deposes and says that she was well acquainted with Alden Gage in his life time and also with Hannah Gage now widow of the said Alden Gage and that she this deponent saw the said Alden and Hannah married at Fishkill in Dutchess County by a Clergyman whose name this deponent does not now remember that said marriage was solemnized in the year 1781 according to the best recollection & belief of this deponent that it was before the close of the Revolutionary war and after the said Alden Gage had left the service in said war as she believes according to her best recollection and information received at the time
Sworn & subscribed and sworn before me this 21 st day of September 1838
Jadock J. Bentley Justice of the Peace
Mary Gage

Clerks office Madison County State of New York
Oct. 11. 1838
John W. Farrell Deputy clerk of said county do hereby certify that Jadock T. Bentley Esq. before whom the foregoing or within affidavits purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verify where the signature subscribed to the within affidavits are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county at Morrisville this 11th day of September 1838
John W. Farrell Clerk
I Jadock T. Bentley the Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn to do certify that I am well acquainted with the said Darius Benjamin and Mary Gage the deponents named therein and have been acquainted with them about seven years and that they are both credible persons and of respectability and intelligence and that their statements are entitled to credit - Dated at De Witt Oct. 18 1838
Jadock T. Bentley Justice